Trump Rally Victim Corey Comperatore Remembered by Community as ‘Real-Life Superhero’

Sarver, Pa. — Flags fly at half-staff in Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania, where Corey Comperatore served as a volunteer fire chief, before he was killed by President Donald Trump’s would-be assassin at a rally on Saturday. Comperatore’s boots and uniform are now set up on display at the Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company, memorializing the father-of-two.

Comperatore was with his wife and daughters at Saturday’s rally. He protected his family when shots rang out and was fatally struck by a bullet. The 50-year-old was Saturday’s only casualty, although Pennsylvanians David Dutch, 57, and James Copenhaver, 74, were shot and wounded at the rally. Dutch, a Marine veteran, was shot in the liver and the chest.

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Sarver, Pa. — Flags fly at half-staff in Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania, where Corey Comperatore served as a volunteer fire chief, before he was killed by President Donald Trump’s would-be assassin at a rally on Saturday. Comperatore’s boots and uniform are now set up on display at the Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company, memorializing the father-of-two.

Comperatore was with his wife and daughters at Saturday’s rally. He protected his family when shots rang out and was fatally struck by a bullet. The 50-year-old was Saturday’s only casualty, although Pennsylvanians David Dutch, 57, and James Copenhaver, 74, were shot and wounded at the rally. Dutch, a Marine veteran, was shot in the liver and the chest.